What was the main message of coming of age in the dawnland?

Based on most ethnic principles and values in early settlers, they were alike, but in a unique way they were different. In both primary and secondary sources, each author has the same type of writing style. In “The Coming of Age in the Dawnland”, Charles C. Mann is referring to analyzation by introducing the readers to Tisquantum the “friendly Indian”and the experiences of traveling to Dawnland and interacting with the Native Americans. Another primary source, “Of Plymouth Plantation”, written by William Bradford, was an American Literature based story to inform the reader about the travels and beliefs of the Puritans and the Pilgrims. Last source is the, “Suppressed Speech Of Wamsutta (Frank B.) James, Wampanoag”. This speech is also to inform the reader about what the Wampanoags went through and what kind of lifestyle they were living from one of their own men's perspective.Each of these villages, families, and individuals all had to go through the same struggles, hardships, and brutal conditions. So, let’s get into what beliefs, ways, and religions each one of these groups had to go through. In “The Coming Of Age In The Dawnland”, there were many unlikely strange situations that you wouldn’t see happening in this day and age. For instance, when boys reached a certain age in their life, the go through some kind of initiations. They are thrown into the snow, and are given three strange things. By the age of seven, any boy or girl is considered to be an adult and to do any

Antonio Mike
5th hour
September 15, 2016
Coming of Age in the Dawn land
In the “Coming of Age in the Dawn land” by Charles C. Mann shows the reader of how the pilgrims traveled in the ocean and their first encounter with the Native people. It shows the story/history of the pilgrims when they traveled over sea and encountered Native people for the first time. It also showed how the pilgrims were into God and how he protected them from the people on the ship and when they were attacked by Indians when they got ambushed by the boat. The pilgrims try to do whatever they could please God, so in return God would watch and protect them while they travel from place-to-place. The pilgrims wanted to please God while they travel, so he can protect the pilgrims.
In the passage, the writer's style was stronger than persuasive because it shows us more information about their journey more than telling a story. It tells a little about Tisquantum and the meaning of his name and also about his history, then it tells about the history of the pilgrims and also what happen and what…show more content…
The Pilgrims thought they were better than the “savages”, also known as the Indians. When the Indians attacked, none of the Pilgrims were injured nor killed at the end of the fight when they drove off the Indians. Mann’s purpose was showing the Pilgrims were better than the Indians. They believed in God and God believed in them, so that’s why 1 person of the pilgrims were saved when they fell over-board on the ship and none of the pilgrims were hit, injured, nor killed when Indians attacked them by the

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